"Is your dustpan smiling at me?"

Why, yes. Yes, it is.

I love my smiling dustpan. I show my love on a daily basis by sweeping into it fluffy bits of dog hair, sand and dried clay from the backyard, leaves carried in on people's shoes, and tiny bits of discarded

cellophane
noun
A thin, flexible, transparent cellulose material made from wood pulp and used as a moistureproof wrapping.
[Originally a trademark.]
"cellophane." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 04 . 2006. http://www.answers.com/topic/cellophane

Cellophane is an example of a

genericized trademark
also generic trade mark, generic descriptor or proprietary eponym
noun
A trademark or brand name which has become synonymous with the general or formal term for a particular type of product or service, to the extent that it often replaces this term in colloquial usage.
"genericized trademark." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 2005. Answers.com 04 . 2006. http://www.answers.com/topic/genericized-trademark

Others Used in This House
Kleenex
Band-Aid
Velcro
Hula hoop
Play-Doh
Yo-Yo
Frisbee
Magic Marker
Chapstick
Xerox
Google
Jacuzzi
Q-Tip
Jell-O
Plexiglass
Vaseline
Scotch Tape
Post-It-Note
Speedo
Popsicle